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A large 8-foot by 10-foot Jaguars logo covers the ceiling in the middle of the locker room. It’s printed on a 50 percent translucent seamless polyester UV-cured fabric, mounted on a 16-foot by 26-foot elliptical ceiling display back-lit with more than 5000 LED lights.

The Jacksonville Jaguars may not be able to boast about their on-field record at the moment, but they can sure brag about having the NFL’s most luxurious locker room. Thanks to owner Shahid Khan, the Jaguars spent more than $3 million to redesign and renovate the space at EverBank Field to show the players they are valued.

“We have known for some time that we needed to make improvements in our facility, but the one thing we wanted to tackle first was the locker room, the training room and the weight room area,” said Mike Perkins, director of football technology and facilities for the Jaguars. “Shahid wanted a couple of things, but the No. 1 thing was ‘best in class,’ and best in class to me and to the people involved was to have the best locker room in the league. When [Jaguars Chief Financial Officer] Bill Prescott and I met with Shahid and Tony Khan, we knew the level [of the expected quality in design and function] we were dealing with.”

Perkins said the senior Khan acknowledged that, “ ‘This isn’t going to help us win games.’ However, he truly wants the best for his players.”

The Jaguars worked with Populus, based in Kansas City, to design the space, while Turner Construction Co. brought the renovations to fruition. Populus wanted to create the space as a “club spa” for the Jaguars’ players and coaches. In the locker room, the team can download the practice schedule or playbook while catching game-day highlights on TVs throughout the room.

It took three months to complete construction of the state-of-the-art locker room and the associated wet areas and equipment room, beginning with the demolition of the old space. The construction of the new 10,000-square-foot space included everything from drywall to ductwork, from ceilings to carpeting and from tiles to lockers.

Here are some of the features:

There are 84 permanent lockers (90 total lockers), each with a computer work station and custom-made 22-inch-wide chair designed to accommodate the largest of players. The lockers are made of wenge, a dark tropical timber that’s often used for musical instruments. All of the wood veneer on the lockers is Forest Stewardship Council-certified.

Each locker is equipped with a ventilation system to quickly dry the players’ pads and shoes. The system turns on automatically when items are placed inside. Fans move 105 cubic feet of air per minute through each locker and exhaust it to the outdoors, achieving the remarkable: a locker room that doesn’t smell like a locker room.

The locker room color scheme was pulled directly from the team’s colors. The custom carpet by Durkan throughout the locker room is spike-proof.

A large 8-foot by 10-foot Jaguars logo covers the ceiling in the middle of the locker room. It’s printed on a 50 percent translucent seamless polyester UV-cured fabric, mounted on a 16-foot by 26-foot elliptical ceiling display back-lit with more than 5000 LED lights.

Oversized leather lounge seating by Dreamseat provides a place for the players to meet and hang out.

Only highly efficient fluorescent and LED lighting sources were used on the project. The LED lights in each locker normally emit a teal-colored light. But on game days, it’s all gold.

There are 20 high-definition LED display screens ranging in size from 42 to 80 inches are hung throughout the locker room areas. The system is tied into a Crestron matrix control and distribution system for Comcast, Apple TV, Blu-ray and other computer sources.

The sound system is a powerful 41,600-watt system with 18 QCS full-range loudspeakers with four high-powered subwoofers.

The wet areas include a European spa with steam and dry saunas, oversized showerheads, back-lit mirrors and European-style lavatories. The area is designed to be eco-friendly with low-flow faucets, shower heads and urinals as well as low-flow toilets with dual-flush options.

Most of the tiles in the wet area are 6-inch by 24-inch porcelain tile with 2-inch by 2-inch accents. The mosaic tile is a natural stone, Ledgestone.

Two self-contained waterfalls with the Jaguars’ logo adorn the walls in the plunge pool area. There are two SwimEx therapy tanks that each hold 630 gallons. One of the elevated plunge pools is kept hot, up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and the other cold, down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, to help players recover from injuries.

The equipment areas were also upgraded with an expanded laundry area with additional washer and dryer facilities and a state-of-the-art space-saver storage and organization system. The Spacesaver Eclipse Mobile System has 102 sections of shelving and includes four mobile carriages each 30 feet in length. Each carriage can support 1,000 pounds per linear foot. The system stores more than 2,000 shoe boxes, 40 shoulder pads, 10 away trunks, 550 equipment totes and 100 individual player bins.

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